History Film / OnlyLoversLeftAlive

* InThePastEveryoneWillBeFamous: All artists, at least. Apparently Christopher Marlowe was a vampire, and between him, Adam, and Eve, they knew practically every famous writer or musician in the past 500 years. Byron is name-dropped, and portraits on a wall include Shakespeare, Poe, and Mark Twain.

{{Tilda Swinton}} and {{Tom Hiddleston}} are two ancient vampires, Eve and Adam, who are lovers. Eve is a lover of literature and knowledge living in Tangiers, while Adam is a tortured musician in Detroit. Eve undertakes a difficult journey to visit Adam to console him, when she notices that ennui and boredom are starting to overwhelm him. They're interrupted by Eve's sister, played by {{Mia Wasikowska}}, who causes them no end of trouble, as her appetite for blood--a foodstuff to vampires--seems more like a drug addiction.

->"“How can you have lived for so long and still not get it??? This self-obsession is a waste of living. It could be spent on... surviving things, appreciating nature, nurturing kindness and friendship... and ''dancing!!!''"

* Really700YearsOld: While no exact ages are ever divulged, the things both protagonists mention having seen, lived through, and contributed to would logically make them both at least ''a thousand'' years old.

* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Ava is actually Eve's sister, but she acts like this.

* HairContrastDuo: Creator/TomHiddleston as Adam [[Film/TheAvengers reprises]] his [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunet]] look, while Eve's hair is white-blond.

* {{Vampires Are Sex Gods}}. Played straight.

* {{Our Vampires Are Different}}. They can appear on TV cameras, unlike traditional takes on vampires that have them not able to cast reflections or appear on film. They also [[VegetarianVampire dislike feeding on human hosts]], in part because it attracts undue attention but mostly because blood from living people tends to be too full of things that are toxic to vampires, like drugs (both prescription and not) and various toxins absorbed from the environment. One of the vampires becomes very ill and dies after drinking toxic blood. [[spoiler: Ava]] commits a serious ''faux pas'' by drinking the blood of a living person. They also have the power of psychometry and wear gloves to contain it in public.

* {{Our Vampires Are Different}}. They can appear on TV cameras, unlike traditional takes on vampires that have them not able to cast reflections or appear on film. They also [[VegetarianVampire dislike feeding on human hosts]], in part because it attracts undue attention but mostly because blood from living people tends to be too full of things that are toxic to vampires, like drugs (both prescription and not) and various toxins absorbed from the environment. One of the vampires becomes very ill and dies after drinking toxic blood. [[spoiler: Ava]] commits a serious ''faux pas'' by drinking the blood of a living person.

** Adam, Eve, and Kit take a more recreational approach (savoring as they drink it from ornate liqueur glasses and then relaxing); Ava on the other hand, is depicted more along the lines of an immature addict: she's not allowed to see where Adam keeps his stash, contunially asks for more when she's given a little bit, and eventually goes overboard by [[spoiler: kills Ian]] because she couldn't help herself.

** Adam, Eve, and Kit take a more recreational approach (savoring as they drink it from ornate liqueur glasses and then relaxing); Ava on the other hand, is not allowed to see where Adam keeps his stash, asks for more when she's given a little bit, and eventually goes overboard by [[spoiler: kills Ian]] because she couldn't help herself, much more along the lines of an addict.

** Adam, Eve, and Kit take a more recreational approach (savoring as they drink it from ornate liqueur glasses and then relaxing); Ava goes overboard and [[spoiler: kills Ian]] because she couldn't help herself, much more along the lines of an addict.

* CoolCar: Adam's 1982 Jaguar XJ-S, which he's outfitted with custom-built Tesla tech under the hood.

* GadgeteerGenius: Adam. His house and car run on generators he built himself based off Nicholai Tesla's work, and his version of Apple's FaceTime involves a lot of wires hooked to a TV so old it has knobs and an antenna.

* {{Our Vampires Are Different}}. They can appear on TV cameras, unlike traditional takes on vampires that have them not able to cast reflections or appear on film. They also dislike feeding on human hosts, in part because it attracts undue attention but mostly because blood from living people tends to be too full of things that are toxic to vampires, like drugs (both prescription and not) and various toxins absorbed from the environment.

{{Tilda Swinton}} and {{Tom Hiddleston}} are two ancient vampires, Eve and Adam. Eve is a lover of literature and knowledge living in Tangiers, while Adam is a tortured musician in Detroit. Eve undertakes a difficult journey to visit Adam to console him, when she notices that ennui and boredom are starting to overwhelm him. They're interrupted by Eve's sister, played by {{Mia Wasikowska}}, who causes them no end of trouble, as her appetite for blood--a foodstuff to vampires--seems more like a drug addiction.

{{TildaSwinton}} and {{TomHiddleston}} are two ancient vampires, Eve and Adam. Eve is a lover of literature and knowledge living in Tangiers, while Adam is a tortured musician in Detroit. Eve undertakes a difficult journey to visit Adam to console him, when she notices that ennui and boredom are starting to overwhelm him. They're interrupted by Eve's sister, played by {{Mia Wasikowska}}, who causes them no end of trouble, as her appetite for blood--a foodstuff to vampires--seems more like a drug addiction.

* {{Vampires Are Sex Gods}}. Played straight.